At least 10 people were killed early Wednesday when a suicide bomber detonated his vehicle near a group of construction workers in the north Baghdad district of Kazimiyah, police said. The Al-Arabiya television station said 27 people had died.
The blast occurred at 6:30 a.m. near where a number of workers had assembled before going to work on nearby construction sites, said police Maj. Musa Abdel Kerim. "There are a large number of victims, at least 10 are dead," he said, adding that a large number of wounded had been taken to Kazimiyah and Yarmouk hospitals. He said the suicide driver drove his car into the gathering before detonating the explosive charge. |